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Concluding part of our two-part episode on the GI resistance to the Vietnam war, in conversation with Jerry Lembcke, a Vietnam army veteran, now sociologist and author. Most further reading is linked to in the show notes of part 1.Support our work by backing us on patreon and get exclusive audio and other benefits: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryThis article gives a good general overview of the GI resistance movement: https://libcom.org/history/1961-1973-gi-resistance-in-the-vietnam-warThis is our GI resistance merchandise in our online store: https://working-class-history.myshopify.com/collections/vietnam-gi-resistanceThis is our short video history of the movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzhM9eDoM80This is our playlist of Vietnam war protest music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pj9AucSc9Y&list=PL71HxBMvC6bxaaxqKun66juixXqPZFjCNYou can get Jerry Lembcke's books here: https://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Lembcke/e/B001HCZKCS/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1533499864&sr=1-1FOOTNOTES – Here you can get the excellent documentary, Sir, No Sir!: https://www.amazon.com/Sir-No-Suppressed-Movement-Vietnam/dp/B000IB0DE4– This is an article Jerry wrote on the "spitting" myth: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/opinion/myth-spitting-vietnam-protester.htmlACKNOWLEDGEMENTS– This episode was edited by Stephanie Hydal: http://www.stephaniehydal.com/portfolio/– Music used this episode was "Ain't Going to Study War no more" by Leon Lishner and Friends – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Leon_Lishner_and_Friends/Songs_For_The_Dawn_Of_Peace/26_-_Aint_Gonna_Study_War_No_More_Down_by_the_Riverside_USA – licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcodeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

During the later years of the Vietnam war, a little-known but powerful rebellion developed within the ranks of the US forces. In this two-part episode, we talk about the GI resistance to the war with Jerry Lembcke, a Vietnam army veteran, now sociologist and author, and Bart, a navy veteran about their experiences.This article gives a good general overview of the GI resistance movement: https://libcom.org/history/1961-1973-gi-resistance-in-the-vietnam-warSupport our work and get access to other exclusive audio and other benefits on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory This is our GI resistance merchandise in our online store: https://working-class-history.myshopify.com/collections/vietnam-gi-resistanceThis is our short video history of the movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzhM9eDoM80This is our playlist of Vietnam war protest music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pj9AucSc9Y&list=PL71HxBMvC6bxaaxqKun66juixXqPZFjCNYou can get Jerry Lembcke's books here: https://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Lembcke/e/B001HCZKCS/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1533499864&sr=1-1FOOTNOTES– Vietnam: the collapse of the armed forces by Marine Colonel Robert D Heinl Jr: https://libcom.org/history/vietnam-collapse-armed-forces– USS Constellation mutiny: more information about that in this article https://libcom.org/history/1961-1973-gi-resistance-in-the-vietnam-war– USS Columbia Eagle mutiny: https://libcom.org/history/ss-columbia-eagle-mutiny-1970-steven-johns– The class war at home: check out our episode 8 (currently a patreon exclusive at time of publishing) for more about class struggle in the US at the time: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory– This is a workers' whistleblowing guide: https://libcom.org/organise/workplace/articles/whistle-blowing.php– This is a workers' working to rule guide: https://libcom.org/organise/workplace/articles/work-to-rule.php– This personal account of the movement has info about "search and avoid": https://libcom.org/history/aint-marchin-anymore-gis-revolt-vietnam-dave-blalock– The Bravo Company mutiny: https://libcom.org/history/gi-revolts-breakdown-us-army-vietnam– The Presidio mutiny: https://libcom.org/history/presidio-mutiny-1968-randy-rowlandMORE INFORMATION – This is a short history of the war by Howard Zinn: https://libcom.org/history/articles/vietnam-war– GI resistance photo gallery: https://libcom.org/gallery/gi-resistance-vietnam-war– Check out the excellent documentary, Sir, No Sir!: https://www.amazon.com/Sir-No-Suppressed-Movement-Vietnam/dp/B000IB0DE4ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS– This episode was edited by Stephanie Hydal for editing this episode: http://www.stephaniehydal.com/portfolio/Full acknowledgements including music and sound effects here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e10-the-gi-resistance-in-vietnam-part-1/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

This episode about later history of the IWW union was one of our earliest episodes, which wasn't great quality. So for the moment it has been taken off-line while we work on improving it and rereleasing it.The original, old episode, is available exclusively for our patreon supporters, here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e9-industrial-of-20128633 You can join us and help fund our work improving our old episodes and producing new ones on patreon at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

Apologies but this episode about the strike wave in the US during the Vietnam war has now moved. We have re-edited, partially rerecorded, improved and rereleased this episode as our episodes 99-100. So please scroll along to those episodes to give it a listen, or go to our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/blog/e99-vietnam-war-strike-wave/To support our work and help us improve all of our old episodes, join us at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

Apologies but this episode about the West Virginia mine wars has now moved. We have re-edited, partially rerecorded, improved and rereleased this episode as our episodes 57-58. So please scroll along to those episodes to give it a listen, or go to our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e57-west-virginia-mine-wars-1902-1922/To support our work and help us improve all of our old episodes, join us at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

This early podcast episode about the IWW wasn’t that great quality. We are currently working on redoing this episode, in order to release a much improved version.The original, old version, for the time being is available only for our supporters on patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wch6-industrial-18847541So you can join us, help fund our work both improving our old episodes and producing new ones at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

This episode has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episode 82.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

This episode has been reworked and rereleased as episode 72.To support our work and help us improve all of our old episodes, join us on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

This episode about the Angry Brigade has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episode 84.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

This episode about the Angry Brigade has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episode 83.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.